Japanese Fruit Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. butter flavored Crisco
2 c. sugar
3 c. cake flour
1 c. buttermilk
5 eggs
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 lb. raisins chopped fine

Preparation

Cream the butter, Crisco and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each egg.
Sift soda and baking powder with flour.
Add flour and buttermilk, alternating, beginning and ending with flour.
Add vanilla; don't overbeat. Divide batter into two parts.
Make 2 layers that are white. Into other part, add the cinnamon, allspice, cloves and raisins, chopped fine.
Lightly flour raisins.
Make 2 spice layers.
Bake at 350\u00b0.